More About PI (Dr. Jitendra Sangwai)

I belong to a small town in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. I completed my schooling from the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Shegaon.

LANGUAGES KNOWN

Marathi (mother tongue) 

Hindi

English

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

03/2019 - till date         Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

07/2014 - 03/2019                           Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

08/2010 - 07/2014                           Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

PARALLEL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

05/2013 - 06/2013                           Visiting Professional, Schlumberger, India

05/2011 - 07/2011                           Visiting Faculty, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

05/2010 - 06/2010                           Visiting Faculty, University of Houston, Petroleum Engineering

ADMINISTRATIVE AND INSTITUTE SERVICE

08/2010 - till date                            Founder and faculty-in-charge of the Laboratory, Gas Hydrate and Flow Assurance Laboratory

07/2014 - till date                             Member, Board of Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research (ICSR), IIT, Madras

07/2014 - till date                             Member, Board of Academic Courses (BAC), IIT Madras

12/2013 - till date                             Officer (Elected), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Chennai Section

10/2013 - till date                             Member, Institute Research Safety Committee, IIT Madras.

03/2013 - till date                             Member, Outreach Committee, IIT Madras.

08/2010 - till date                             Lead Institute Representative (Lead IR) for GATE and JEE national examinations across south India.

07/2012 - till date                             Faculty Advisor for various batches of M. Tech. (OE); B. Tech. (OE) IIT Madras.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2021  Institute Research and Development Award (IRDA) (Mid Career Level), IIT Madras for excellence in Research and Development. (Institute Recognition).

2020 Recognized as The Highly Cited Author award from the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (an American Chemical Society’s journal, impact factor 3.37) who has published high quality article/s that have earned a position in the top 1% of highly cited publications in the last five years and invited by Editor-in-Chief Prof. Phillip E. Savage (Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, USA) to contribute to the special issue to celebrate highly cited authors of this journal (International Recognition).

2018 National Award for Technology Innovation from the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India. The award was given in the category of innovation in ‘New Polymer Processing Machine including Energy Efficiency’ for the innovation “Horizontal rheometer for measuring rheological properties of complex polymeric multiphase fluids" (awarded as ‘Joint Winner’ in the category). The award was given by the Honorable Vice President of India, Shri. Venkaiah Naidu. (National Recognition).

2018 National Award for Technology Innovation from the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India. The award was given in the category of innovation in ‘New Applications of Polymers in Various Fields’ for the innovation “In situ thermal polymerization of water-soluble polymers in petroleum reservoirs for improved petroleum resources recovery" (awarded as ‘Runner-up’ in the category). The award was given by the Honorable Vice President of India, Shri. Venkaiah Naidu. (National Recognition).

2018 ‘One among 25 Emerging Investigators’ recognition by the American Chemical Society’s Journal (The Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data), and highlighted on the journal’s cover page and in the Editorial of the issue (July 12, 2018, Volume 63, Issue 7). Also contributed two invited research articles in the issue. (International Recognition).

2017 Member, Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data published by the American Chemical Society, USA (Invited by the Editor-in-Chief Prof. Joan F. Brennecke, The University of Texas at Austin, USA). (International Recognition).

2017 Early and Mid-Career Research (EMCR) Fellowship Award offered jointly by Indian National Science Academy and the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. (National Recognition).

2017 Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty in the South Asia and the Pacific region by Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) for excellence in petroleum engineering education and research. (International Recognition).

2017 Institute Research and Development Award (IRDA) (Junior Level), IIT Madras for excellence in Research and Development (selected out of about 200 young faculty below the age of 40 yrs. across the institute). (Institute Recognition).

2016 National Award for Technology Innovation from the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India. (awarded as ‘Winner’ in the category). The Award was given by the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Cabinet Minister of India, Shri Ananth Kumar. (National Recognition).

2016 Member (elected), National Academy of Sciences, India. (National Recognition)

2016 Shri. J. C. Bose Patent Award from IIT Madras for the patent ‘Composition and process for enhanced oil recovery’ (patent no. 1597/CHE/2014). (Institute Recognition). 

2015 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) ‘Regional Service Award’ for ‘exceptional contributions to the SPE at section and regional levels and recognizes ‘singular devotion of time and effort to the programs and development of technical expertise in Petroleum Engineering’. (International Recognition).

2015 A three-year membership award from the American Chemical Society in recognition of engagement with society's mission of service to the world’s largest scientific community. (International Recognition).

2014 Young Faculty Recognition Award, YFRA-2014, IIT Madras, for excellence in Teaching and Research (selected out of about 174 young faculty below the age of 40 yrs. across the institute). (Institute Recognition).

 MEMBERSHIP

• Member, National Academy of Sciences India.

• Life Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers

• Member, American Chemical Society

• Member and Director (Chennai Region), Society of Petroleum Engineers (2010 – till date)

• Life member, Indian Thermodynamics Society